Lot
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Lot 300
Commonplace Book. 18th cent., closely written manuscript in...
Hammer
£190
Commonplace Book. 18th cent., closely written manuscript in thick 12mo vol. (6" x 3.75") in rebacked quarter calf. Subdivided into 7 "volumes" of "Miscellaneous Anecdotes" with some indices. Massive range of subjects covered incl. history, travel, genealogy, economics, politics, agriculture, wine, astrological symbols, historical dates etc. There is an emphasis on Scotland so presumably the author was Scottish. Pencil note to endpaper indicates that the book was borrowed by Lord Rosebery in the 1880s. 1st. leaf "Anno 1764".
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